Briton dies of Italian train crash injuries

A British resident of Italian origin has died in a Rome hospital after being hurt in a train collision south of the Italian capital that injured 70 people, hospital officials said today.

Antonio Vallillo, a 49 year-old from Luton, died during the night after undergoing surgery at the Umberto I Polyclinic, the hospital said. His was the first death reported as a result of Tuesday’s crash.